LIVE AND LEARN

Registered charity 1165556 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our aim is to assist young people to advance in life through the provision of:a) Recreational and leisure time activities, which are provided in the interest of social welfareand designed to improve their quality of life.b) Support and activities designed to develop their skills, capacities and capabilities whichenable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals.

Objects

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH: (A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hackney, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted funds of £18,187, a positive position compared to the previous year's deficit of £26,851. The trustees aim to maintain reserves equivalent to three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure. The charity received £984,280 in donations, which enabled an expansion of services.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Simon Ziegchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ELAZAR MOSHE ASHER
• NEVALL STAR

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Hackney · Haringey

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEARN N GROW.

• LEARN N GROW income £143k
• THE YOUNG LIVES FOUNDATION income £984k
• EDUCATION FOR LIFE income £256k
• LEIGH YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £379k
• DURHAM AREA YOUTH income £257k
• ACTIVITEENS income £144k

Side by side with its peers

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